In summary we are: Christian, Evangelical, Reformed and Baptist.
We are Christian. Heritage Baptist Church affirms orthodox Christian teaching. This means we adhere to some of the most ancient creeds of the church including the Apostles' Creed, The Nicene Creed, the Athanasian Creed and the Definiton of Chalcedon. We uphold unity on these creeds and doctrines and strive to keep "the main thing the main thing." Even as we hold important distinctives (which we include below), we never forget that the most important things about our church are the things that make it a Christian church. The things that are unique about our church can never be the most important things about it. The most important things about our church are the things that we have in common with every other true Christian church that there is in our city, country, or around the world—in all places, ever since Jesus. So, we do not endorse dogmatic teaching about tertiary matters. For further information about how we think about theological and doctrinal priorities, see this helpful article on "Theological Triage" by Albert Mohler.
We are Evangelical and Reformed. We affirm the Gospel Coalition's Confessional Statement and Together for the Gospel's Affirmation & Denials. We also find the Chicago Statement of Biblical Inerrancy (1978), the Danvers Statement on Biblical Manhood & Womanhood (1988) and the Nashville Statement on Biblical Sexuality (2017) to be helpful reflections of the teaching of Scripture.
We are Baptist. As such, we believe that the Second London Confession (1689), the New Hampshire Confession (1853), and the Baptist Faith and Message (2000) provide faithful explanations of God’s Word. We subscribe to the sum and substance of the 1689 Confession of Faith as our primary confessional guide.
Our desire is to fellowship with as many true churches and evangelical ministries as we can. We love to see the image of Christ in other churches and ministries. In fact, we make it a practice to pray for other local churches in our community, nation and around the world in our worship services. Our conviction is that God’s people ought to hold firmly to their distinctives and still fellowship broadly with others who believe the Bible is the infallible, authoritative Word of God, and that salvation is by grace alone, through faith alone in Christ alone. We keep clear fences but aim to keep them low, and shake hands over them often.